Omara’s first encounter with music was at a very early age. Just as in any other Cuban home, the future singer and her siblings grew up with the songs which her parents, for lack of a gramophone, sang ...

If you’ve heard the Buena Vista Social Club, then you’ve heard the unforgettable voice of Omara Portuondo. Now in her 90’s, Cuba's legendary diva has been a driving force in Afro-Cuban music for over ...

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For many, Omara Portuondo is best known for her participation in the Buena Vista Social Club; but the nonagenarian has lived many lives before and after the formation of the internationally recognized ...

Omara Portuondo, la cantante cubana que es miembro del Buena Vista Social Club, es el tema de un nuevo documental que se estrena en la serie VOCES de PBS el viernes 26 de septiembre de 2025, de 10:00 ...

Meet the beloved Cuban singer Omara, who has thrilled audiences for over half a century. Meet the beloved Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, who has thrilled audiences for over half a century, from the ...

Cuban singer Omara Portuondo came to international attention in the 1950s, when that country was less isolated than it has been since the Revolution. Her voice reached ears around the world again in ...

“You can tell a Cuban by the way they laugh,” says Omara Portuondo. Just hours shy of her Friday night concert in Manhattan’s Sony Hall — halfway through her last-ever worldwide tour, dubbed the ‘Last ...

In 1996, Omara Portuondo was working on an album at Havana's famous recording studio, Egrem. Upstairs, American musician Ry Cooder was laying down tracks for Buena Vista Social Club, a project with ...

OMARA PORTUONDO, Buena Vista Social Club Presents (World Circuit/Nonesuch) The melancholy beauty of Omara Portuondo’s voice echoes fate. The stylish diva’s career took an irrevocable turn during the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For many, Omara Portuondo is best known for her participation in the Buena Vista Social Club; but the nonagenarian ...

Omara Portuondo has been called the Lady Day of Cuba, and on the surface, the comparison makes sense — Portuondo has spent time in small Cuban clubs, as Billie Holiday once did here in the U.S., and ...